World-Business/Politics news

The Obama Administration today began naming individuals who will serve as State Executive Director for the Farm Service Agency at the USDA.

Verizon's cybersecurity teams are known around the world as the authority on investigative response, computer-security product testing and evaluation, and analysis of data collected on new vulnerabilities and threats.

President Obama will ride the wave of sentiment at the Summit of the Americas to move forward US relations with Cuba, predicted John McAuliff, executive director of the Fund for Reconciliation and Development.

Barack Obama may already be losing credibility over his explanation as to why he dropped the windfall profits tax on the oil and gas industry from his administration's agenda.

AARP CEO Bill Novelli today released the following statement in reaction to the latest Congressional efforts to help failing industries.

The presidential candidates weren't the only ones prepping for the foreign relations debate in Oxford at the University of Mississippi.

Time Warner Inc. today announced that it will present Politics 2008 - The Media Summit on the Election of the President - a special event co-hosted by CNN and TIME on October 13 and 14, 2008 at the Time Warner Center in New York City.

Barack Obama, under attack from President Bush and John McCain for pledges to meet with Iran's leadership, has started to qualify his prior bold stance, setting new preconditions and qualifications.

Economy Emerges as New Dominant Issue; Young People see Changing U.S. Role in the World

Today, President Bush vetoed an intelligence bill because he opposed a provision in it that would ban the use of torture.

Overall, the federal government continues to spend more than it expects on technology and at faster growth rates than originally budgeted.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid released the following statement following President Bush's State of the Union Address.

The following is a transcript of the State of the Union address by President Bush.

Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) today announced that it has signed an advisory agreement with Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of Great Britain.

I strongly condemn the terrorist bombing in Beirut that killed Lebanese Internal Security Forces Captain Wissam Eid and many other Lebanese.

Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today announced that the President's fiscal year 2009 budget proposal for the Department of Justice is $22.7 billion.

The November 15th Democratic debate at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas was billed by CNN as a forum for students and "undecided voters" to ask the candidates questions of their choosing.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on World AIDS Day.

The Department of Justice today announced more than $82.7 million in grant funds and assistance to tribal communities for law enforcement and justice system improvements in fiscal year 2007.

The Democratic majority isn't sticking to "fiscal discipline." Though House Democrats each called for a savings average of $731 million, this offsets 0.2 percent of their spending-hike bills, resulting in a net agenda of $470.1 billion - the highest among the past nine Congresses.